Best protection protection ammo for a 4" 44Mag/44Special?

[hassiman]

Just wondering what self protection factory ammo you might recommend in 44mag and in 44Special.

44 Special is for home use.... Don't want to ventilate the neighbor's walls... or the neighbors.

 

[TAC]

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[DWalt]

Anything that fits into your chambers.

 

[richardman1992]

I'm hoarding all the Speer gold dot I can find, especially in .44 Mag


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[TAC]

I'm hoarding all the Speer gold dot I can find, especially in .44 Mag

Why? How many people do you plan on shooting?

 

[ContinentalOp]

Why? How many people do you plan on shooting?

Maybe just one person, A LOT.



Seriously, though, some types of ammo can be real tough to get, so it's probably a good idea to get as much as you can when you have the chance. Ask anyone who's tried to find Winchester 145gr Silvertips in .357 Magnum.

 

[richardman1992]

Why? How many people do you plan on shooting?

That's a pretty ridiculous question. I, along with pretty much everybody in the world doesn't plan on shooting anybody. It's just about near impossible to find gold dot in .44 mag or special anymore. I don't think it has been made in .44 mag in a while.


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[apollo99]

I agree with DWalt anything that fits in your chamber in .44 Mag, .44 special, 45 Auto, and 45 Colt, I left out some others, but I only included the ones I have. big bullets make big holes.

 

[apollo99]

Also I concur with Richardman1992, I hoard certain components and ammo that I like ,I know sometimes they get discontinued, or are hard to find at reasonable of sometimes at any price. If I like them ,and I see them I buy them, i don't like to be relying on the whims of the market.

 

[.455_Hunter]

The Speer .44 Mag 200 gr Gold Dot "Short Barrel" is outstanding for two-legged defense. More umph than a typical special, but way less than a full house magnum.

 

[senecaap]

For self defense I like .44 Special with Speer Gold Dot, Hornady Critical Defense or Winchester Silvertips. I'm trying out the Sig HPs, and so far like the accuracy.

For self defense, bear, wolf, sabre-tooth tiger variety, a good hardcast SWC, either special or magnum.

 

[WaMike]

For you handloaders: at a garage sale, I discovered a Hensley & Gibbs wadcutter mold in .430". Perfect: I already load hard-cast Lee DB wadcutters in a defense load for my .38 Special.

Before I could get around to getting a top punch and lube/sizer die, I discovered Penn Bullets casts the same bullet (185 fr.) in 3 different diameters and at $40/500. I sold the mold for twice what I paid for it and got a lifetime supply of wadcutters. I've loaded them at about 900 fps.

Penn's website even touts it as a self-defense bullet. I suspect they're right.

 

[03hemi]

Hydro shock, if they make it in 44? Wicked stuff, as told by an emergency room doctor at Grady Memorial. (that's were they take all the gunshot victims in Atlanta) He said it doesn't break up like most hollow points, but leaves a disastrous, mostly fatal wound channel!

 

[IAM Rand]

Worry less about the bullets and more about your aim. Never understood people that ask what ammo is best. None if you can't hit your target where it needs to be to stop the threat.

 

[caleb4387]

Speer gold dot or all lead hollowpoint. Underwood has options more powerful than factory 44 special but not as strong as magnum

 

[caleb4387]

Hydro shock, if they make it in 44? Wicked stuff, as told by an emergency room doctor at Grady Memorial. (that's were they take all the gunshot victims in Atlanta) He said it doesn't break up like most hollow points, but leaves a disastrous, mostly fatal wound channel!

Gold dot is best alternative

 

[caleb4387]

Worry less about the bullets and more about your aim. Never understoohd people that ask what ammo is best. None if you can't hit your target where it needs to be to stop the threat.

Let's assume they can hit the target. Why not have an effective round?

 

[ruger 22]

Since you mention Factory Loads, I would suggest you investigate the Glaser Safety Slugs in either 44mag or 44Special. Lots of knock down power, no over penetration and fairly mild to shoot.

 

[IAM Rand]

Let's assume they can hit the target. Why not have an effective round?

Who is to say what an effective round is? I am in law enforcement and have seen 1 person shot in the head and survive with the same ammo from the same gun seconds later kill another that was shot on the side of the chest and hit the heart.

You tell me, was it location or the bullet?

 

[03hemi]

Luck, Trace Adkins, the country singer, took one through the heart by his ex wife and, well, we all know how he turned out. Not so much for her.